Osvaldo Escudero

Osvaldo Escudero's record is thin, but one line carries real weight for me: he was part of Argentina's squad that won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan—the tournament that announced a teenage Maradona to the world. To have shared that pitch and that triumph places him inside a genuinely historic chapter of Argentine football. I have a soft spot for the supporting players in golden generations, the names that fade while one star ascends. Escudero is exactly that kind of figure, and I think such men deserve to be remembered alongside the legend they helped lift.

Name (English)

Osvaldo Escudero

Name (Japanese)

オスバルド・エスクデロ

Reading

おすばるど・えすくでろ

Born

October 15, 1960 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Origin

Paso de los Libres, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%87%E3%83%AD

Tags

• Corrientes Province
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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